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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEIL'S DIKE | Deil's DiKe | William Folds | 022 | [Situation] Passing in a N. [North] Easterly direction at the E [East] Side of Lilies Loch. This old DiKe or (as it is generally thought) rampart is first visible [issuing] out of Loch Ryan in Wigtownshire on the farm of Beoch and traversing Galloway for about 50 Miles over hill &. dale, enters Dumfrieshire & joins the "Britton Wall" after which it runs into the Solway Firth. Mr Train of Castle Douglas (an antiquarian of some note) "traced it through Galloway, which he [mentions] that upon Some [remnants] of watch Towers are yet visible, he also states that it [is] invariably 8 feet at the base &. has a fosse at its North or inland Side" this I find to be incorrect as regards the [position] of it which passes through the farms of Craignell Craigencallie] &c &c (On Plan 23 C) Mr Train is also in error in Stating that [it] runs through the farms of Craigencallie &. Garrary, as it [passes] Some distance South of these farms. for farther discription See Orthorg. [Orthography] Sheets of Plan 23 A. |
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Form 136 Page 27 -- Deil's Dike
[Note] William Wallas a shepherd residing
in Clatteringshaws at present and who
has lived in the locality 30. or 40 years
Still recognised this as the "Deil's DiKe,"
his father lived in the locality 70 years
ago. and he handed the tradition down
to the Son.
(Signed) John Mechan
2nd Corporal R. [Royal] S& M [Sappers & Miners]
29. March 1849
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 50 - Parish of Minnigaff, OS1/20/50
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